Editing G. K. Chesterton (section)

===Literary===
Chesterton's socio-economic system of Distributism affected the sculptor [[Eric Gill]], who established a commune of Catholic artists at [[Ditchling]] in Sussex. The Ditchling group developed a journal called ''The Game'', in which they expressed many Chestertonian principles, particularly anti-industrialism and an advocacy of religious family life.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} His novel ''[[The Man Who Was Thursday]]'' inspired the Irish Republican leader [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] with the idea that "If you didn't seem to be hiding nobody hunted you out."<ref>Forester, Margery (2006). ''Michael Collins – The Lost Leader'', Gill & MacMillan, p. 35.</ref> Collins's favourite work of Chesterton was ''[[The Napoleon of Notting Hill]]'', and he was "almost fanatically attached to it", according to his friend [[William Darling (politician)|Sir William Darling]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mackay |first=James |title=Michael Collins: A Life |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |year=1996 |location=London, England |page=Chapter 2}}</ref> His [[Wikisource:Page:1909 Sep 18 gk chesterton002.jpg|column]] in ''[[The Illustrated London News]]'' on 18 September 1909 had a profound effect on [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Rajmohan |title=Gandhi: The Man, His People, and the Empire |publisher=University of California Press |year=2007 |location=Los Angeles |pages=139–141}}</ref> [[P. N. Furbank]] asserts that Gandhi was "thunderstruck" when he read it,<ref>{{Citation |last=Furbank |first=P.&nbsp;N. |title=G.&nbsp;K. Chesterton: A Centenary Appraisal |year=1974 |editor-last=Sullivan |editor-first=John |contribution=Chesterton the Edwardian |publisher=Harper and Row}}</ref> while Martin Green notes that "Gandhi was so delighted with this that he told ''[[Indian Opinion]]'' to reprint it".<ref>{{Citation |last=Green |first=Martin B. |title=Gandhi: Voice of a New Age Revolution |page=266 |year=2009 |publisher=Axios}}</ref> Another convert was Canadian media theorist [[Marshall McLuhan]], who said that the book ''What's Wrong with the World'' (1910) changed his life in terms of ideas and religion.<ref>Marchand, Philip (1998). ''Marshall McLuhan: The Medium and the Messenger: A Biography''. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, pp. 28–30.</ref> The author [[Neil Gaiman]] stated that he grew up reading Chesterton in his school's library, and that ''The Napoleon of Notting Hill'' influenced his own book ''[[Neverwhere]]''. Gaiman based the character [[List of The Sandman characters#Fiddler's Green|Gilbert]] from the comic book ''[[The Sandman (comic book)|The Sandman]]'' on Chesterton,<ref>Bender, Hy (2000). ''The Sandman Companion: A Dreamer's Guide to the Award-Winning Comic Series'' DC Comics, {{ISBN|1-56389-644-3}}.</ref> and ''[[Good Omens]]'', the novel Gaiman co-wrote with [[Terry Pratchett]], is dedicated to Chesterton. The Argentine author and essayist [[Jorge Luis Borges]] cited Chesterton as influential on his fiction, telling interviewer [[Richard Burgin (writer)|Richard Burgin]] that "Chesterton knew how to make the most of a detective story".<ref>Burgin, Richard (1969). ''Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, p. 35.</ref>